Today I digress again from the usual format of this column to write about a beauty queen in the Cayman Islands. Twenty-four-year-old Tiffany LeAnn Conolly, who is facing six charges of assault in relation to an incident involving an ex-boyfriend and his father, was recently crowned Miss Cayman Islands Universe.
Time and again we have seen women given a free pass when it comes to violence and domestic violence in general. While the statistics here and worldwide indicate clearly that the victims of domestic violence are mostly women, men are also abused. As the mother of two sons I shudder to think that I am bringing them up in a world that sees nothing wrong with them being punched in the face or kicked in the groin among other violent acts.